How to Add a Game to GeForce Experience on Windows
If you have an NVIDIA graphics card, there’s a way to automatically optimize the performance of games with a few clicks. By using GeForce Experience, you can add games to a list, and the program will do its best to make them run smoothly. It will do this by choosing the best settings based on your computer’s hardware capabilities.
Here’s what you need to know about adding games to GeForce Experience on Windows.
What Games Does GeForce Experience Support?
Before you attempt to include games in theGeForce Experiencelist, you should check if the app supports them. Here’s alist of games you can add to GeForce Experience.
If your game is not on the list, don’t fret; you can check our guides onhow to fix low FPS on Windowsandways to improve gaming performance on your laptopfor other ways to optimize games.
How Do I Add a Game to GeForce Experience?
Before proceeding, if you don’t have it already installed on your computer,download and install GeForce Experience. Next, open the program and click on thethree horizontal dotsin the top right corner. Then, selectScan for games & appsin the menu.
GeForce Experience will then show you a list of the games and apps it has found and can optimize for you.
If a game or app has a green checkmark in its top left corner, it means GeForce Experience has already optimized it. If not, click thethree horizontal dotsin the top right corner and selectOptimize all games and apps.
To launch a game using GeForce Experience’s optimized settings, hover over it with your mouse pointer and clickLaunch.
Now you can enjoy a smoother gaming experience.
GeForce Experience Didn’t Find My Game… Now What?
If GeForce Experience didn’t include a game on your computer that you know it supports, it could be that it didn’t scan its folder. You can easily add the game’s folder to the scan list by clicking onSettings– the gear icon next to your username – in the top menu. On the left side menu, selectGames & Apps.
In theScan Locationsection, clickAddin the bottom right corner. Find the folder where the game is installed on your PC, and then click onSelect Folderto add it to the list of scan locations.
Once done, you’ll see the folder appear in the list of scan locations. Then, clickScan Nowso GeForce Experience can perform the search again with the newly-added location included.
Automatic Game Optimization With GeForce Experience
Automatically optimizing a game’s performance when using an NVIDIA graphics card is easy. You just add it to GeForce Experience, optimize it with a single click, and then launch it from within the program. Hopefully, you should see some improvement and enjoy a smoother gaming experience.
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